[INDOLOGY] Google Translate for Sanskrit

[Elliot Stern]

Aleksandar’s comment is spot on:



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> On May 12, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> It will be a while before it becomes a philosopher -- 
> 
> Aleksandar Uskokov
> Lector in Sanskrit 
> South Asian Studies Council, Yale University 
> 203-432-1972 | aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu <mailto:aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu> 
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> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info <mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info>> on behalf of Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:31 PM
> To: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com <mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>>
> Cc: Indology <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Google Translate for Sanskrit
>  
> This is Google Translator for the first verse of Meghadūta:
> 
> "Someone is neglected by the teacher of separation from his lover:
> Shapenastangmitamahima varshabhogyaena bhartu:
> The yaksha bathed Janaka's daughter in the holy waters
> I lived in the hermitages of Ramagiri among the lush shady trees."
> 
> GT could not figure out the long compounds, and "guru" got translated as "teacher." The syntax of the verse is also missed.
> 
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
> 
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:17 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu <mailto:mmdesh at umich.edu>> wrote:
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> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
> 
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:16 AM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> It's quite remarkable:
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